Abstract
The commentary from Kestens et al. [1] raises interesting issues about measuring contextual exposures and encourages new studies to incorporate them in their design: as a group of researchers, we strongly support their view and think that those useful reflections should be used as guidelines for future research.[...]
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The commentary from Kestens et al [1] raises interesting issues about measuring contextual exposures and encourages new studies to incorporate them in their design: as a group of researchers, we strongly support their view and think that those useful reflections should be used as guidelines for future research
Only administrative data, because they provided a unique opportunity for identifying the most promising urban characteristics able to affect mental health in the whole metropolitan population of Turin: this choice has been taken being aware that a deeper understanding of those influencing factors will be needed with future research to understand underlying mechanisms
According to what suggested by Kestens et al, most of the recommendations presented in the Commentary to our paper have been placed in our agenda, the main challenge will be how both administrative data on residential and health careers and data of individual daily mobility provided with the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) can be integrated at the individual level
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The commentary from Kestens et al [1] raises interesting issues about measuring contextual exposures and encourages new studies to incorporate them in their design: as a group of researchers, we strongly support their view and think that those useful reflections should be used as guidelines for future research. 3 SEPI Grugliasco, Epidemiology Service for ASL Torino 3, Local Public Health Agency, Via Sabaudia 164, 10095
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